TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1019, Z J THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG . PAGEELEVEN | oe » » EVERY CANADIAN WILL WANT TO READ ADMIRAL SIMS' OWN STORY att tn a anil na PP ase Ye The Commander Of The United States Navy Writes For The Whig | . I . , ; Admiral Sims' story will amaze the world. Had it There are exciting and picturesque accounts of U- not been for the cooperation of the American Navy boat attacks upon merchant convoys and vice versa, and the adoption of the convoy system the submarines making clear the whole interesting mechanism of the would have starved Great Britain, cut off her com- munication with the continent, and brought her to ab- convoy system. And of how submarine fought sub- . ject surrender by November, 1917. * marine, not knowing whether it was friend or enemy That would have meant the immediate defeat of - France, and that America, with the British Fleet in the possession of the Germans, would have been left with The accounts of the "Mystery" or "Q" ships of 4 x her whole SeSbeard open to attack the fight the Ger- the British Navy read like romantic works of fiction. mans alone. ' : y This is the cataclysm from which the world wii Not much could be said about these ships while the but barely saved--tle volcano over which the people VOI was on--Dbut Sims will tell the whole story now. of the entente nations were standing, all unknown to ; There are details given of the aeroplane war on the them, in April, 1917, when the United States declared : Sree oie Cy rt ar: : submarine and the escorting by the combined British Admiral Sims' story starts with a graphic picture and American navies of more than two million troops of conditions as they existed in April, 1917. It will be to France. : the first complete revelation made of the situation at . - i ix that time (especially as regards the submarine men- The story tells of one of the greatest accomplish- ace); up to today known only to cabinet officers and ments of the Navy--the construction of a mine bar- inner officials and not dreamed of by the optimistic rage from the Orkneys to the coast of Norway---more --often resulting most tragically. public. : : than 230 miles. The reader will hold his breath as he realizes how - : close to disaster we were, all unsuspecting. The most important figures in contemporary Euro- Sims, knowing the real and desperate situation, pean history--such as King George, Lloyd George, was the man to decide in'what way the United States 1 Balfour, Jellicoe, Beatty -- figure in Admiral Sims' could best play her part in the naval war. He was a - His conversations with men of this t PA ---------- ~---- ------ --- rong advocate for an offensive rather than a defen. P*&8°* hus TYP, par sive fight against the submarine. "Seize t}. initiative ticularly in the spring of 1917, when they frankly told WILLIAM SOWDEN SIMS yourself--don't let the enemy have it," was his motto, him that Germany was winning the war and that the The man who will go down to history as the And he was just as strong for the convoying of mer. Allies at that time could see no way of stopping her, great American Admiral who played a vital part chant ships, in spite of the grave forebodings of theold will be noted as long as the history of the last four in defeating the German Submarine Menace. Ad- years is read. Pe : Coleg miral Sims was born at Port Hope, Ont. merchant salts, -" ana re . A re my A Aas Prete ov Ah ho % . Vix aL op : . y a . : i . 1 While Admiral Sims describes the operations of the American Navy in detail, he does not exaggesate the 7 : part it played in defeating the submarine. He makes a particular point of the much greater achievements of . ~~ the British forces, . = ~ WAIT FOR IT-WATCH FOR IT. | This Thrilling Battle Narrative Will A ppear E | In The Whig Exc : 3 Lie . *